289: Destroy the pagoda and kill Shi Zhuan!

“Oh no, Jiang Yuan is in danger!”

“What? Who’s in danger?”

Qin Boyuan slammed the table, but before he could stand up, he was pressed back down by the elder Wang Hean.

“No, it’s not real danger, it’s the Four School Joint Examination!”

Seeing his teacher Wang Hean’s anxious gaze, Qin Boyuan quickly spoke, pointing to the projection on the table.

“Hmm?”

Wang Hean then turned his head, just in time to see the Pale Floating Pagoda Heavy Armor take its first step.

“This is? The Pale Floating Pagoda, one of Da Xia Academy’s Five-Colored Floating Pagoda Heavy Armors?”

“Yes.”

“Hiss…”

Wang Hean took a deep breath: “Does that Jiang Yuan know the characteristics of this set of Heavy Armor?”

“He doesn’t.”

Qin Boyuan answered truthfully, and Wang Hean couldn’t help but frown.

“If Jiang Yuan knew the characteristics of the Floating Pagoda Heavy Armor, with his current three Card Spirits, it should still be very easy to deal with.”

“After all, in attack mode, its defense is extremely low. As long as he seizes the opportunity when it attacks and launches an assault, Nezha’s attack will most likely be able to break through the Pale Floating Pagoda’s defense.”

“Yes, I thought so too, but it’s a pity.”

Qin Boyuan shook his head helplessly, then looked at his teacher with some surprise.

“Wait, didn’t you know about Jiang Yuan participating in the Four School Joint Examination?”

“How would I know? There’s less than a year until the full counterattack, don’t I need to arrange everything?”

Wang Hean rolled his eyes: “Now everything is pretty much ready. I estimate that in about another six or seven months, we’ll be ready to march out.”

“Are we really going to directly invade the Demon Race?”

“Not only will we invade the Demon Race, I also want to invade the Dragon Clan!”

Wang Hean’s eyes were firm: “A mere big lizard dares to act like this? Do they really think our Human Race can’t enter the water?”

“Do we have confidence?”

Qin Boyuan showed a worried expression: “What if the Eastern Dragon Domain defects at the last minute? After all, they also live in the Dragon Clan World.”

“What’s there to fear? We’re not stationed in the Dragon Clan World. We’re just using this as an excuse to display our momentum.”

Wang Hean chuckled: “It’s simply a matter of mutual need. We need to kill a chicken to scare the monkeys, and they need to expand the Eastern Dragon Domain. Why would they defect at the last minute?”

“I hope so, after all, they are a different race.”

Qin Boyuan nodded helplessly, agreeing to it.

Although he was a pure nationalist who believed in the saying, “The only good alien race is a dead alien race,” this decision was made by the military high command. Despite his reservations, he still chose to obey the order!

“There’s still more than half a year. I wonder if Jiang Yuan can break through to Shen.”

Looking at the Pale Floating Pagoda taking its second step on the screen, Wang Hean stroked his chin and spoke.

“If he can, then that would meet the minimum requirements. This way, we can take him along, after all, Jiang Yuan’s combat power is very good.” Qin Boyuan also nodded and said.

“Indeed, it’s good. To reach the top eight in the Four School Joint Examination at Da Liang Initial Stage is more than just good.”

After Wang Hean finished speaking, the Pale Floating Pagoda on the screen also took its third step!

“Whoa!”

A stream of light flashed on the white Heavy Armor, and a dazzling blade light, accompanied by a sonic boom, shone in the arena!

Seeing this scene, Wang Hean and Qin Boyuan couldn’t help but become nervous.

In the arena, Nezha’s Wind Fire Wheels spun rapidly, diving towards the Pale Floating Pagoda. Shi Ji’s expression was grim, her hands forming seals. Zhao Gongming transformed into a bolt of lightning, also rushing towards Jiang Yuan at an extremely fast speed.

However, they clearly couldn't keep up with the speed of the blade light!

Shi Zhuan swung his blade, a look of surprise in his eyes.

Sure enough, the intelligence was correct!

Jiang Yuan has myasthenia and simply cannot dodge close-range attacks!

Looking at Jiang Yuan’s calm, even somewhat indifferent eyes, Shi Zhuan was even more ecstatic!

If you can’t react, then die!

Sickly boy! No one can block this blade for you!

“Clang!”

The dazzling blade light struck, amidst the anxious gazes of Huang Huanqing, Ai Xiu, Li Chengyi, Mu Qianshan, and others.

Amidst Jin Lingyu’s helplessness and Guan Chutian’s excitement, it hit Jiang Yuan!

Or rather, the golden pagoda-shaped Energy barrier outside Jiang Yuan’s body!

A crisp sound!

Including Shi Zhuan himself, the expressions on the faces of everyone who saw this scene froze.

“It, it blocked it?”

Guan Chutian looked at Shi Zhuan, who was pushed back a step by the recoil, her face full of disbelief.

“It can even block this?”

Jin Lingyu was also a little surprised. After all, the Pale Floating Pagoda’s ultimate attack, which is converted from ultimate defense, is theoretically very difficult to block.

But the defensive equipment on Jiang Yuan, that small golden pagoda, blocked it?

Although he already knew that the small golden pagoda on him had terrifying defensive power during the second battlefield, he didn’t expect it to be terrifying to this extent.

It blocked this full-power strike, and there wasn’t even a crack on the pagoda body.

The recoil made Shi Zhuan’s hand slightly numb, but at this moment, he didn’t care about it at all. Instead, he also looked up incredulously at Jiang Yuan, who was protected by the small golden pagoda.

“How, is that possible?”

Seeing Jiang Yuan’s still expressionless face, Shi Zhuan’s heart was filled with Wrath, and he tried to attack Jiang Yuan again.

But clearly, Zhao Gongming and Nezha wouldn’t give him that chance!

The crimson Energy in Shi Ji’s hand entered Shi Zhuan’s body. Shi Zhuan simply couldn’t withstand this kind of damage and directly knelt on the ground.

The damage of Netherlight is directed at the main body and doesn’t conflict with mechs or Heavy Armor.

However, even so, the production speed of Netherlight is not fast.

It would basically take about ten minutes to directly kill Shi Zhuan with the damage from Netherlight.

But now, it had only been less than three minutes since the start.

At this time, Netherlight could only cause some damage to Shi Zhuan, making him suffer a bit.

After all, he hadn’t reached Shen, so even if his body was strengthened, it wouldn’t be by much.

The Human Race’s physique is ultimately inferior to that of the Beast Race.

But even so, the damage from this burst was enough to temporarily stop Shi Zhuan’s attack!

“Damn it!”

Shi Zhuan knelt on the ground and subconsciously switched the Pale Floating Pagoda on his body to defensive mode.

The opponent was a Summoning Card Master after all, and clearly wouldn’t just have this one attack!

And just as he thought, as soon as the Pale Floating Pagoda switched to defensive mode, Zhao Gongming arrived in front of Shi Zhuan!

The Steel Whip in his hand shone with black light, and the Star Power in his body was instantly drained!

Steel Whip!

A full-power strike!

“Bang!”

The Steel Whip fell heavily, and Shi Zhuan, inside the Floating Pagoda Heavy Armor, suddenly spat out a mouthful of fresh blood!

Although the blunt piercing damage of the Steel Whip didn’t completely break through the Pale Floating Pagoda, the piercing damage still almost killed Shi Zhuan inside the Floating Pagoda Heavy Armor.

After Zhao Gongming’s strike fell, Nezha also swooped down behind Shi Zhuan!

Under Jiang Yuan’s calm gaze, he drew his bow and shot an arrow!

Zhentian Arrow!

The third arrow!

“Die!”

Nezha roared, and the Zhentian Arrow was directly unleashed!

The moment the Zhentian Arrow left the string, an eerie black light flickered on Shi Zhuan’s body.

With the 40% bonus from Yin Yang Twin Swords, plus Nezha in his peak state, this strike was aimed at taking his life!

How long had it been since such a situation occurred?

Even in the Dream Tower, how long had it been since Jiang Yuan was approached by an enemy?

But now?

The Samadhi True Fire in Nezha’s eyes seemed about to erupt as he stared intently at Shi Zhuan!

“Bang!”

The Zhentian Arrow hit, a critical hit!

The terrifying damage directly caused the Pale Floating Pagoda on Shi Zhuan’s body to disintegrate!

The Pale Floating Pagoda Heavy Armor, which already had little durability left after taking a full-power strike from Zhao Gongming, completely disintegrated under the critical hit of Nezha’s third Zhentian Arrow!

Fragments flew everywhere, but they still couldn't save Shi Zhuan’s life!

The Zhentian Arrow directly pierced through Shi Zhuan’s chest!

The skill “Yin Yang” of the Yin Yang Twin Swords grants an additional 50% critical hit damage when both swords are present.

The critical hit damage of this third Zhentian Arrow directly reached 2.5 times!

Plus the bonus for not killing the opponent with the first two arrows, and the peak state of Nezha, as well as the Yin Yang rotation effect of “Tai Chi”.

Not to mention Zhao Gongming softened him up earlier.

Even without that, this single strike would have been enough to disintegrate the Pale Floating Pagoda!

The third Zhentian Arrow triggered a critical hit!

It can only be said to be Shi Zhuan’s misfortune.

Or rather, it was Shi Ji’s skill buff!

Staff of Misfortune!

The longer the time, the higher the misfortune accumulated on the enemy!

And just now, Shi Ji actively activated this skill, which led to Shi Zhuan’s misfortune, and the critical hit of the Zhentian Arrow!

“The Pale Floating Pagoda? It was disintegrated!”

The moment the Martial Arts Arena disappeared, many people, including Guan Chutian, saw the Pale Floating Pagoda being disintegrated.

But…

The Pale Floating Pagoda in this state was clearly in defensive mode!

Why?!

Especially when the opponent was only at Da Liang Initial Stage strength!

Are Jiang Yuan’s Card Spirits so strong in attack power?

“Holy cow!”

Li Chengyi, Huang Huanqing, and others in the lounge naturally saw it clearly.

“If I’m not mistaken, that Pale Floating Pagoda should have been in defensive mode.”

Li Chengyi turned to Huang Huanqing, somewhat uncertainly, and asked: “Has a Pale Floating Pagoda in defensive mode ever been disintegrated by someone weaker than itself?”

“Forget about being disintegrated by someone weaker than itself, even by someone of equal strength, a Pale Floating Pagoda in defensive mode has rarely been disintegrated.”

“Being disintegrated by someone weaker than oneself while in defensive mode, this should be the first time.”

Huang Huanqing’s expression also became serious. If Jiang Yuan’s Card Spirits all had such abnormal attack power, then it would be quite troublesome.

Furthermore, Jiang Yuan’s defense was not weak either.

The Pale Floating Pagoda’s ultimate attack and defense switch. When defense is high, attack power is low, and when defense is low, attack power is high!

The Pale Floating Pagoda’s dual-mode switch is simply an exchange of defense and attack!

The higher the defense, the higher the attack after mode switching.

But what about Jiang Yuan?

His physical defense is extremely strong, able to withstand a strike from the Pale Floating Pagoda’s attack mode without a scratch, with no discernible upper limit.

In terms of attack, he has Nezha, Zhao Gongming, and that black-clad girl whose name is unknown.

Nezha has long-range attacks, and there are Zhao Gongming’s close-range attacks and the black-clad girl’s magic skill attacks.

There are no weaknesses in his attack methods, so why is his attack strength still so high?

He originally thought only Nezha had high attack strength, but now it seems…

Huang Huanqing looked up at Jiang Yuan in the arena and Shi Zhuan, who was still kneeling on the ground after the Martial Arts Arena ended, and pondered how she would deal with Jiang Yuan if she encountered him.

However, Li Chengyi, who was beside her, had nothing to worry about. He had already prepared long ago.

Although it wasn't specifically aimed at Jiang Yuan, it would clearly be very effective against Jiang Yuan.

Hmm, if Zhao Gongming and that black-clad girl’s strength are similar to what I imagine.

Jiang Yuan, if you meet me, you’re in for a world of pain!

Li Chengyi’s lips curved slightly, revealing a Shiba Inu smile.

“Was this all planned by you beforehand?”

On the stage, Jiang Yuan, who was about to step down, suddenly heard a voice from behind him and stopped in his tracks.

“What was planned beforehand?”

“The characteristics of the Pale Floating Pagoda, and Treading Star Steps!”

Jiang Yuan turned his head slightly, looking down at Shi Zhuan, who was kneeling on the ground, his expression still calm.

“It wasn’t my plan, it’s just that your attack power is too low.” After Jiang Yuan finished speaking, he turned and left.

Jiang Yuan truly had no other meaning; he was just speaking the truth.

His attack power was too low.

It only consumed about three-quarters of his stamina.

Previously, in the second battlefield, an opponent at Late Stage strength almost drained all his Star Power with one attack.

Jiang Yuan turned and left, not noticing the veins on Shi Zhuan’s temples and arms instantly bulging, his eyes splitting with rage as he stared at the ground, not even daring to look up and reveal his true thoughts.

This was, after all, Zhongyuan Academy!

A moment later, Shi Zhuan forced himself to calm down, stood up, and walked off the stage.

However, the blood from his fingernails piercing his palm, tightly clenched in his hand, still betrayed his emotions.

“Hmm, wait?”

When he reached the lounge door, Jiang Yuan finally reacted.

It seemed that during the second battlefield, he was only at Late Stage strength, so it was normal for an opponent at Late Stage strength to drain his Star Power with one attack.

But now, he had already broken through to Da Liang Initial Stage. Theoretically, an attack from a Student at Late Stage strength should only drain about half of his Star Power.

Yet Shi Zhuan’s attack just now consumed more than three-quarters of his Star Power.

This level of attack strength, even among those at Late Stage, could be considered very strong.

“Uh, he shouldn’t overthink it, right?”

Jiang Yuan was a little embarrassed: “I feel like I’ve offended someone?”

“Forget it, I don’t care. It shouldn’t be, I’m quite gentle.”

Jiang Yuan comforted himself, then deflated a bit: “If Mu Qianshan were here, it would be great.”

Jiang Yuan shook his head helplessly, then pushed the door open and entered the lounge.

“Amazing! You can even break through the Pale Floating Pagoda’s defensive mode!”

As soon as he entered the lounge, Li Chengyi’s excited voice rang out.